Posted by hyperfocus on June 14, 2010, at 20:13:14
In reply to Acceptance Of Meds Gives Me Happiness, posted by bulldog2 on June 14, 2010, at 16:32:18
I have zero problems with being on meds for the rest of my life. As long as they are not damaging my body in any way then I got no problem with them. I've read too many heartbreaking stories here and elsewhere of people who were taken off their meds, believing themselves to be better, and relapsed. And then finding that the same med no longer works. I'm never going to take that chance. Any bit of life without depression is invaluable to me.
I didn't always used to be this way - I was very recalcitrant about taking meds initially. People without mental illness can never understand what it's like. They think happy pills are really pills to make you happy, like alcohol or weed, or to sedate you.
My meds don't make me feel happy. They allow me to move forward from a nest of bad experiences that my mind for one reason or another has become hyperfocused on. They allow my body to return to a nominal functioning state and not be jacked up all the time constantly anticipating disaster. Just as you said diabetics and people with thyroid problems need their meds - it's no different with me.
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